diff --git a/chain/store/splitstore/liveset.go b/chain/store/splitstore/liveset.go
index 62a5d6913..543c41371 100644
--- a/chain/store/splitstore/liveset.go
+++ b/chain/store/splitstore/liveset.go
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ func NewLiveSetEnv(path string, liveSetType string) (LiveSetEnv, error) {
 		return NewBloomLiveSetEnv()
 	case "bolt":
 		return NewBoltLiveSetEnv(filepath.Join(path, "sweep.bolt"))
-	case "lmdb":
-		return NewLMDBLiveSetEnv(filepath.Join(path, "sweep.lmdb"))
 	default:
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("unknown live set type %s", liveSetType)
 	}
diff --git a/chain/store/splitstore/liveset_lmdb.go b/chain/store/splitstore/liveset_lmdb.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e8123f104..000000000
--- a/chain/store/splitstore/liveset_lmdb.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-package splitstore
-
-import (
-	"os"
-
-	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
-
-	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/lmdb-go/lmdb"
-)
-
-var LMDBLiveSetMapSize int64 = 1 << 34 // 16G; TODO grow the map dynamically
-
-type LMDBLiveSetEnv struct {
-	env *lmdb.Env
-}
-
-var _ LiveSetEnv = (*LMDBLiveSetEnv)(nil)
-
-type LMDBLiveSet struct {
-	env *lmdb.Env
-	db  lmdb.DBI
-}
-
-var _ LiveSet = (*LMDBLiveSet)(nil)
-
-func NewLMDBLiveSetEnv(path string) (*LMDBLiveSetEnv, error) {
-	env, err := lmdb.NewEnv()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to initialize LDMB env: %w", err)
-	}
-	if err = env.SetMapSize(LMDBLiveSetMapSize); err != nil {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to set LMDB map size: %w", err)
-	}
-	if err = env.SetMaxDBs(2); err != nil {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to set LMDB max dbs: %w", err)
-	}
-	// if err = env.SetMaxReaders(1); err != nil {
-	// 	return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to set LMDB max readers: %w", err)
-	// }
-
-	if st, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0777); err != nil {
-			return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to create LMDB data directory at %s: %w", path, err)
-		}
-	} else if err != nil {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to stat LMDB data dir: %w", err)
-	} else if !st.IsDir() {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("LMDB path is not a directory %s", path)
-	}
-	err = env.Open(path, lmdb.NoSync|lmdb.WriteMap|lmdb.MapAsync|lmdb.NoReadahead, 0777)
-	if err != nil {
-		env.Close() //nolint:errcheck
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("error opening LMDB database: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return &LMDBLiveSetEnv{env: env}, nil
-}
-
-func (e *LMDBLiveSetEnv) NewLiveSet(name string, hint int64) (LiveSet, error) {
-	return NewLMDBLiveSet(e.env, name+".lmdb")
-}
-
-func (e *LMDBLiveSetEnv) Close() error {
-	return e.env.Close()
-}
-
-func NewLMDBLiveSet(env *lmdb.Env, name string) (*LMDBLiveSet, error) {
-	var db lmdb.DBI
-	err := env.Update(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) (err error) {
-		db, err = txn.CreateDBI(name)
-		return
-	})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return &LMDBLiveSet{env: env, db: db}, nil
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBLiveSet) Mark(cid cid.Cid) error {
-	return s.env.Update(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) error {
-		err := txn.Put(s.db, cid.Hash(), markBytes, 0)
-		if err == nil || lmdb.IsErrno(err, lmdb.KeyExist) {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return err
-	})
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBLiveSet) Has(cid cid.Cid) (has bool, err error) {
-	err = s.env.View(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) error {
-		txn.RawRead = true
-
-		_, err := txn.Get(s.db, cid.Hash())
-		if err != nil {
-			if lmdb.IsNotFound(err) {
-				has = false
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			return err
-		}
-
-		has = true
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	return
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBLiveSet) Close() error {
-	return s.env.Update(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) error {
-		return txn.Drop(s.db, true)
-	})
-}
diff --git a/chain/store/splitstore/liveset_test.go b/chain/store/splitstore/liveset_test.go
index 1d094b976..0a1dd30da 100644
--- a/chain/store/splitstore/liveset_test.go
+++ b/chain/store/splitstore/liveset_test.go
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
 )
 
-func TestLMDBLiveSet(t *testing.T) {
-	testLiveSet(t, "lmdb")
-}
-
 func TestBoltLiveSet(t *testing.T) {
 	testLiveSet(t, "bolt")
 }
diff --git a/chain/store/splitstore/lmdb_util.go b/chain/store/splitstore/lmdb_util.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5aff2ed0d..000000000
--- a/chain/store/splitstore/lmdb_util.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package splitstore
-
-import (
-	"math/rand"
-	"time"
-
-	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
-
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/lmdb-go/lmdb"
-)
-
-func withMaxReadersRetry(f func() error) error {
-retry:
-	err := f()
-	if err != nil && lmdb.IsErrno(err, lmdb.ReadersFull) {
-		dt := time.Microsecond + time.Duration(rand.Intn(int(10*time.Microsecond)))
-		log.Debugf("MDB_READERS_FULL; retrying operation in %s", dt)
-		time.Sleep(dt)
-		goto retry
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return xerrors.Errorf("error performing lmdb operation: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/chain/store/splitstore/snoop.go b/chain/store/splitstore/snoop.go
index eeff09e0e..3fdbcf0ac 100644
--- a/chain/store/splitstore/snoop.go
+++ b/chain/store/splitstore/snoop.go
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ func NewTrackingStore(path string, trackingStoreType string) (TrackingStore, err
 	switch trackingStoreType {
 	case "", "bolt":
 		return NewBoltTrackingStore(filepath.Join(path, "snoop.bolt"))
-	case "lmdb":
-		return NewLMDBTrackingStore(filepath.Join(path, "snoop.lmdb"))
 	default:
 		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("unknown tracking store type %s", trackingStoreType)
 	}
diff --git a/chain/store/splitstore/snoop_lmdb.go b/chain/store/splitstore/snoop_lmdb.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4222c94be..000000000
--- a/chain/store/splitstore/snoop_lmdb.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,180 +0,0 @@
-package splitstore
-
-import (
-	"os"
-
-	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
-
-	cid "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
-	"github.com/ledgerwatch/lmdb-go/lmdb"
-
-	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/abi"
-)
-
-var LMDBTrackingStoreMapSize int64 = 1 << 34 // 16G -- TODO grow the map dynamically
-
-type LMDBTrackingStore struct {
-	env *lmdb.Env
-	db  lmdb.DBI
-}
-
-var _ TrackingStore = (*LMDBTrackingStore)(nil)
-
-func NewLMDBTrackingStore(path string) (*LMDBTrackingStore, error) {
-	env, err := lmdb.NewEnv()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to initialize LMDB env: %w", err)
-	}
-	if err = env.SetMapSize(LMDBTrackingStoreMapSize); err != nil {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to set LMDB map size: %w", err)
-	}
-	if err = env.SetMaxDBs(1); err != nil {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to set LMDB max dbs: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if st, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0777); err != nil {
-			return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to create LMDB data directory at %s: %w", path, err)
-		}
-	} else if err != nil {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("failed to stat LMDB data dir: %w", err)
-	} else if !st.IsDir() {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("LMDB path is not a directory %s", path)
-	}
-
-	err = env.Open(path, lmdb.NoSync|lmdb.WriteMap|lmdb.MapAsync|lmdb.NoReadahead, 0777)
-	if err != nil {
-		env.Close() //nolint:errcheck
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("error opening LMDB database: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	s := new(LMDBTrackingStore)
-	s.env = env
-	err = env.Update(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) (err error) {
-		s.db, err = txn.CreateDBI("snoop")
-		return err
-	})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, xerrors.Errorf("error creating tracking store: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return s, nil
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBTrackingStore) Put(cid cid.Cid, epoch abi.ChainEpoch) error {
-	val := epochToBytes(epoch)
-	return withMaxReadersRetry(
-		func() error {
-			return s.env.Update(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) error {
-				err := txn.Put(s.db, cid.Hash(), val, 0)
-				if err == nil || lmdb.IsErrno(err, lmdb.KeyExist) {
-					return nil
-				}
-				return err
-			})
-		})
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBTrackingStore) PutBatch(cids []cid.Cid, epoch abi.ChainEpoch) error {
-	val := epochToBytes(epoch)
-	return withMaxReadersRetry(
-		func() error {
-			return s.env.Update(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) error {
-				for _, cid := range cids {
-					err := txn.Put(s.db, cid.Hash(), val, 0)
-					if err == nil || lmdb.IsErrno(err, lmdb.KeyExist) {
-						continue
-					}
-					return err
-				}
-
-				return nil
-			})
-		})
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBTrackingStore) Get(cid cid.Cid) (epoch abi.ChainEpoch, err error) {
-	err = withMaxReadersRetry(
-		func() error {
-			return s.env.View(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) error {
-				txn.RawRead = true
-
-				val, err := txn.Get(s.db, cid.Hash())
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-
-				epoch = bytesToEpoch(val)
-				return nil
-			})
-		})
-
-	return
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBTrackingStore) Delete(cid cid.Cid) error {
-	return withMaxReadersRetry(
-		func() error {
-			return s.env.Update(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) error {
-				return txn.Del(s.db, cid.Hash(), nil)
-			})
-		})
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBTrackingStore) DeleteBatch(cids map[cid.Cid]struct{}) error {
-	return withMaxReadersRetry(
-		func() error {
-			return s.env.Update(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) error {
-				for cid := range cids {
-					err := txn.Del(s.db, cid.Hash(), nil)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-				}
-				return nil
-			})
-		})
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBTrackingStore) ForEach(f func(cid.Cid, abi.ChainEpoch) error) error {
-	return withMaxReadersRetry(
-		func() error {
-			return s.env.View(func(txn *lmdb.Txn) error {
-				txn.RawRead = true
-				cur, err := txn.OpenCursor(s.db)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				defer cur.Close()
-
-				for {
-					k, v, err := cur.Get(nil, nil, lmdb.Next)
-					if err != nil {
-						if lmdb.IsNotFound(err) {
-							return nil
-						}
-
-						return err
-					}
-
-					cid := cid.NewCidV1(cid.Raw, k)
-					epoch := bytesToEpoch(v)
-
-					err = f(cid, epoch)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-				}
-			})
-		})
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBTrackingStore) Sync() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (s *LMDBTrackingStore) Close() error {
-	s.env.CloseDBI(s.db)
-	return s.env.Close()
-}
diff --git a/chain/store/splitstore/snoop_test.go b/chain/store/splitstore/snoop_test.go
index b13953a4d..3d5d2ff64 100644
--- a/chain/store/splitstore/snoop_test.go
+++ b/chain/store/splitstore/snoop_test.go
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/go-state-types/abi"
 )
 
-func TestLMDBTrackingStore(t *testing.T) {
-	testTrackingStore(t, "lmdb")
-}
-
 func TestBoltTrackingStore(t *testing.T) {
 	testTrackingStore(t, "bolt")
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d3142a530..afa241977 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/filecoin-project/go-address v0.0.5
 	github.com/filecoin-project/go-amt-ipld/v2 v2.1.1-0.20201006184820-924ee87a1349 // indirect
 	github.com/filecoin-project/go-bitfield v0.2.4
-	github.com/filecoin-project/go-bs-lmdb v1.0.3
 	github.com/filecoin-project/go-cbor-util v0.0.0-20191219014500-08c40a1e63a2
 	github.com/filecoin-project/go-commp-utils v0.0.0-20201119054358-b88f7a96a434
 	github.com/filecoin-project/go-crypto v0.0.0-20191218222705-effae4ea9f03
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipld/go-car v0.1.1-0.20201119040415-11b6074b6d4d
 	github.com/ipld/go-ipld-prime v0.5.1-0.20201021195245-109253e8a018
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
-	github.com/ledgerwatch/lmdb-go v1.17.4
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.7.0
 	github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.0.2
 	github.com/libp2p/go-eventbus v0.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a1da7a182..b89cee2e5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -246,8 +246,6 @@ github.com/filecoin-project/go-bitfield v0.2.3/go.mod h1:CNl9WG8hgR5mttCnUErjcQj
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-bitfield v0.2.3/go.mod h1:CNl9WG8hgR5mttCnUErjcQjGvuiZjRqK9rHVBsQF4oM=
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-bitfield v0.2.4 h1:uZ7MeE+XfM5lqrHJZ93OnhQKc/rveW8p9au0C68JPgk=
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-bitfield v0.2.4/go.mod h1:CNl9WG8hgR5mttCnUErjcQjGvuiZjRqK9rHVBsQF4oM=
-github.com/filecoin-project/go-bs-lmdb v1.0.3 h1:QRf/yMw5hFjqMIpi9mi/Hkh4qberUI++56XAdB0VgwM=
-github.com/filecoin-project/go-bs-lmdb v1.0.3/go.mod h1:peFIZ9XEE9OLFkCzi7FMlr84UexqVKj6+AyxZD5SiGs=
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-cbor-util v0.0.0-20191219014500-08c40a1e63a2 h1:av5fw6wmm58FYMgJeoB/lK9XXrgdugYiTqkdxjTy9k8=
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-cbor-util v0.0.0-20191219014500-08c40a1e63a2/go.mod h1:pqTiPHobNkOVM5thSRsHYjyQfq7O5QSCMhvuu9JoDlg=
 github.com/filecoin-project/go-commp-utils v0.0.0-20201119054358-b88f7a96a434 h1:0kHszkYP3hgApcjl5x4rpwONhN9+j7XDobf6at5XfHs=
@@ -756,8 +754,6 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/pty v1.1.3/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
-github.com/ledgerwatch/lmdb-go v1.17.4 h1:dDgPXUrzFWG/EB3RwOKZ+P3XGAlbsZxmVahjc+qWwyA=
-github.com/ledgerwatch/lmdb-go v1.17.4/go.mod h1:NKRpCxksoTQPyxsUcBiVOe0135uqnJsnf6cElxmOL0o=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.7.0 h1:h93mCPfUSkaul3Ka/VG8uZdmW1uMHDGxzu0NWHuJmHY=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.7.0/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
 github.com/libp2p/go-addr-util v0.0.1/go.mod h1:4ac6O7n9rIAKB1dnd+s8IbbMXkt+oBpzX4/+RACcnlQ=
@@ -1323,8 +1319,6 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.1.0 h1:jhMy6QXfi3y2HEzFoyuCj40z4OZIIHHPtFyCMftmv
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.1.0/go.mod h1:lV6e/gmhEcM9IjHGsFOCxxuZ+z1YqCvr4OA4YeYWdaU=
 github.com/raulk/clock v1.1.0 h1:dpb29+UKMbLqiU/jqIJptgLR1nn23HLgMY0sTCDza5Y=
 github.com/raulk/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3MpVxdZ/ODBQDxbN+kzshf5OSZwPjtMDx6BBXBmOeY0=
-github.com/raulk/go-bs-tests v0.0.4 h1:gYUYmIFMBnp2mtZQuiP/ZGtSTSPvmDBjWBz0xTZz4X8=
-github.com/raulk/go-bs-tests v0.0.4/go.mod h1:ZREaOSaReTvV4nY7Qh6Lkl+QisYXNBWcPRa0gjrIaG4=
 github.com/raulk/go-watchdog v1.0.1 h1:qgm3DIJAeb+2byneLrQJ7kvmDLGxN2vy3apXyGaDKN4=
 github.com/raulk/go-watchdog v1.0.1/go.mod h1:lzSbAl5sh4rtI8tYHU01BWIDzgzqaQLj6RcA1i4mlqI=
 github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181016184325-3113b8401b8a/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
diff --git a/node/builder.go b/node/builder.go
index c92ab1248..5f7e872a4 100644
--- a/node/builder.go
+++ b/node/builder.go
@@ -613,8 +613,6 @@ func Repo(r repo.Repo) Option {
 			If(cfg.EnableSplitstore,
 				If(cfg.Splitstore.GetHotStoreType() == "badger",
 					Override(new(dtypes.HotBlockstore), modules.BadgerHotBlockstore)),
-				If(cfg.Splitstore.GetHotStoreType() == "lmdb",
-					Override(new(dtypes.HotBlockstore), modules.LMDBHotBlockstore)),
 				Override(new(dtypes.SplitBlockstore), modules.SplitBlockstore(cfg)),
 				Override(new(dtypes.ChainBlockstore), modules.ChainSplitBlockstore),
 				Override(new(dtypes.StateBlockstore), modules.StateSplitBlockstore),
diff --git a/node/modules/blockstore.go b/node/modules/blockstore.go
index 7d8e713ba..0ab01a0ec 100644
--- a/node/modules/blockstore.go
+++ b/node/modules/blockstore.go
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"time"
 
-	lmdbbs "github.com/filecoin-project/go-bs-lmdb"
-	badgerbs "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/blockstore/badger"
 	bstore "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore"
 	"go.uber.org/fx"
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/blockstore"
+	badgerbs "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/blockstore/badger"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/store/splitstore"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/node/config"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/node/modules/dtypes"
@@ -38,34 +36,6 @@ func UniversalBlockstore(lc fx.Lifecycle, mctx helpers.MetricsCtx, r repo.Locked
 	return bs, err
 }
 
-func LMDBHotBlockstore(lc fx.Lifecycle, r repo.LockedRepo) (dtypes.HotBlockstore, error) {
-	path, err := r.SplitstorePath()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	path = filepath.Join(path, "hot.lmdb")
-	bs, err := lmdbbs.Open(&lmdbbs.Options{
-		Path:                 path,
-		InitialMmapSize:      4 << 30, // 4GiB.
-		MmapGrowthStepFactor: 1.25,    // scale slower than the default of 1.5
-		MmapGrowthStepMax:    4 << 30, // 4GiB
-		RetryDelay:           10 * time.Microsecond,
-		MaxReaders:           1024,
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	lc.Append(fx.Hook{
-		OnStop: func(_ context.Context) error {
-			return bs.Close()
-		}})
-
-	hot := blockstore.WrapIDStore(bs)
-	return hot, err
-}
-
 func BadgerHotBlockstore(lc fx.Lifecycle, r repo.LockedRepo) (dtypes.HotBlockstore, error) {
 	path, err := r.SplitstorePath()
 	if err != nil {